Let's get PLASTERED!!!!!!!

We made a trip down this afternoon as we were told that the plasterers were going to be working on-site today.

We have ceilings throughout the house, and all rooms have most of the bottom or top plaster on and the balance plaster is cut and ready to install hopefully tomorrow!!!! That's pretty good for one day i think!!!

Well, here are some pics:

This is the view from the rear sliding doors, you can see the family room, meals area on LHS and the doorway to the laundry, the kitchen straight ahead and the hallway leading to the front door, master B/R, Kids play room and study:


Looking from the sliding door again with a view of the kitchen bulkheads and the doorway on the RH wall leads to the kids bedrooms and bathroom:

These are the 1-3/4 doors of the theatre room, leading out to the family room:

Our Master B/R with doorway to the ensuite straight ahead and WIR on the RHS:

Our WIR:

Our study with dbl doors onto the entrance hallway:

The pics are a bit blurry due to the fact that they were taken through the windows...but hey...we're not complaining!!!! At least they are back on site now and it seems....its all full steam ahead again!!!

All quiet leading up to Easter.

Due to the delays from the pre-plaster inspection with frame repairs etc... we were told that our plasterers could not start until the Tuesday after Easter, that they had been allocated to another job....so it was pretty quiet on-site for a while.

But...the jasper colourbond cladding for the front facade was installed on Easter Saturday....

and it seems we did have a visit from the plasterers too as some plaster was up...in the bathroom and ensuite...

Bathroom:



Ensuite:

Re-inspection of Pre-Plaster stage.

Well, i must apologise for being a bit tardy with my updates lately....but it's been just over a week since Kevin inspected our place on the 6th of March.

Kevin's Inspection report related to issues with framework, Roof Trusses, Brickwork Flashing, Brick Cavities and the Slab Overhang issues...which have already been addressed. Nothing major which is great!!! Our builder has been fantastic regarding getting right in there and fixing whatever was on the report...no questions...no arguments.... there's been tradesmen in and out all week to fix the issues.

I drove past yesterday and the final colour coat of render has been put on the house.
The render colour is Barn Rafter. Here are some pics:







The plasterers have actually started on some bits, like the bulkheads in the kitchen, the wall /bulkhead around the fridge cavity, and a bit of the WIR :






Our solar panel needed to be moved as it was originally installed on the east-facing roofline and has recently been re-located to the west-facing roofline:



The roof tiles have also been double checked and cleaned up and it now looks nice and sleek.

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We have had our Pre-Plaster re-inspection today on-site at 12.00pm.
Present were Kevin from New Home Inspections, Ian (my hubby), myself, "D" - our S/S and "R" - D's construction Mgr.

Kevin checked over all of the defects he had originally reported on and gave them the all clear.

Well Done Henley!!!

SO what does that mean???? It means that the plasterers will re-commence on-site on Monday!!! (hopefully it won't be too hot for them to work?)

We also asked/joked about when we'd be able to get an indication of handover time frames. "R" advised us that when the tiles go in, thats the time to call our CSR and at that stage, they will have a date booked in for us. So hopefully it won't be too far away???

We're happy that it's all systems go again..... Just waiting for those tiles now....bring it on!!!!!

Wow!!! We're at Lock up stage!!!!

Hmmm it's been a few days since my last update and things have just fallen into place.

We have had the electrician in and we're all wired up,
External doors are on and locked!!! :-(
Insulation and sound-proofing is in,
Eaves are on,
Roof tiles have been pointed,
Bricks have been cleaned,
Heating/cooling in,
Site cleaned,
Downpipes on:




Our plaster was delivered today:

Solar panel on today (but needs to be re-located....its in the wrong spot....LOL....but no big deal...)
and they rendered first coat on the feature section around our master bedroom today :


We also had our pre-plaster inspection on-site today and we called in the "infamous" Kevin McDonald from New Home Inspections.

( www.newhomeinspections.com.au )

This gentle giant was fantastic, we spent about 1-3/4 hours going through things with "D" and Kevin has advised that he will have his report to us before Tuesday next week. My recommendation to anyone building or buying a new home....call him!!! He's worth his weight in gold!!!!

Here's Big Kev in action (in the red) with "D":

I must say that our S/S "D" and our CSR "T" have been great. The issue with the centering of the front door was fixed within 24 hours!!!! What a fantastic effort!!!! Thanks Henley!!! We're very happy with the service we're getting....

"D" really is on top of his guys and we really are lucky to have a great team working with us to build our new home...

The house is looking great and we hope that the current pace continues now that we're at lock-up and we are moving into our home soon...

The next job will be the colorbond cladding above the render on our master bedroom,which is being installed next Tuesday. We are getting the cladding in Jasper and it will look like this (this is the only other house that we know of in Melbourne with our same facade....except theirs is rendered:



The final prep. for plaster will be done next week. Then the plaster and cornices go up and woo hoo we're one big step closer to packing our stuff and movin' on in!!!!!

So how's that for a full on update????

Stay tuned for more!!!!